Best Practice Intervention Package - Kansas Foundation for Medical ...

Partnering with Patients and Families to Accelerate ImprovementReadiness AssessmentInstructions: In preparation for Name of Organization/Team_____________________________AreaCurrent Experience: make a mark (an X, a circle, or anything that is easy to read) in the box that bestdescribes your team or organization’s experience.Data transparencyWe have not discussed thepossibility of sharingperformance data withpatients and familymembers.Our team is comfortable withsharing improvement data withpatients and families related tocurrent improvement project.This organization has experience withsharing performance data with patients andfamilies.Flexibility aroundthe aims andspecific changesof theimprovementprojectWe have limited ability torefine the project’s aims orplanned changes.We have some flexibility to refinethe project’s aims and theplanned changes.We are open to changing both the aims andspecific changes that we test based onpatient and family team members’perspective..Underlying fearsand concernsWe have not discussed ourconcerns about involvingpatient and families onimprovement teams.We have identified severalconcerns related to involvingpatients and families onimprovement teams but have noplan for how to address ormanage them.We have a plan to manage and/or mitigateissues that may arise due to patient andfamily member involvement on our team.© 2007 Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center and Institute for Healthcare Improvement. Others may useand adapt this tool freely as long as credit is given to CCHMC and IHI1